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This pretty much sums up the entire republican platform for the last several years.

Clearly your mind is already made up, but let me explain why that's absurd. If someone wants to remove one of these statues, why do you think that is? The logical answer is because they believe these statues represent terrible people/ideologies. If that is the case, it would behoove them to reference literature that substantiates their claims. So you're incorrect. Nobody will be getting rid of books. Before you reply about how text books are somehow flawed/liberal/fake, i suggest you read some of the writings directly attributed to Columbus.

A few flaws with this logic. 1.) Statues are not how we record history. They are how we celebrate someone or something. Should we have a statue of every person in the history books, just to preserve history? I don't think you would make that argument. 2.) Christopher Columbus, much like the old confederate stuff, is just not worth celebrating. Yes, its history, nobody is trying to erase that, but it sure doesn't make sense to celebrate undeserving people.

Eh that's ok, you probably wouldn't find it very funny. Honestly i probably shouldn't either. The rapid mental and physical decline, as shown by his wild rantings and weird posture, of a senile overweight old moron isn't very funny.

Any republican who ran on a platform on bringing back the tax rates of the 50s and 60s, I would vote for in a heartbeat. In fact, I would strongly consider any republican that didn't just have a blanket "taxes and government are bad" approach. They all just constantly run on platforms of lowering income taxes and cutting spending, and at the same time are yearning about the good old days. "MAGA" is a great example of that. Well, back when America was great again, we had pretty high tax rates that modern day republicans dont like to discuss. In some instances cutting taxes, and eliminating some spending may be fine, but like it or not, progressive tax rates and government spending from 1920-1980 are why we all have the standard of living we currently do.

Politics aside, that video of trump unsuccessfully trying to drink a glass of water was hilarious. Anyone can make a quick sip of water look easy, but it takes someone truly special to make it look hard.

Id probably drift a 6 or 8 inch live gizzard shad, or hand sized live bluegill around deep brush piles on whatever the arm of the lake that produces the most big largemouth.

Don't even consider crappie, or for that matter walleye. Your guide question has already been answered. It depends where on the lake you'll be staying, but in mid July spotted and smallmouth bass are fairly easy to target on main lake points with live nightcrawlers 20-30 feet down depending on where the thermocline sets up. Look for long gravel points where it slopes gently out to about 25 feet, then drops off sharply to over 100. Any point like that will have fish on that break. You'll probably catch a few bluegills and catfish doing that as well, possibly even a walleye. If you've got a graph that will help tremendously. Keep a small spoon handy in case you see schooling fish come up, especially early in the morning. Those will be bass and white bass chasing threadfin shad. Trolling crankbaits that get down at least 20 feet is another great way to find fish. Its the only way Ive ever caught walleye there. If you catch a few fish trolling cranks over the same place, go back over that spot with worms and spoons.

You're not lying about the kayak hatch. Holy cow I've never seen so many floaters. Danged sun dolphins are so cheap everyone has to get one!

Im not down there til late july or august, but i find them on main lake flat gravel points. Usually 20 to 30 feet down just off the bottom. Split shot, or Drop shot with crickets, or a 2 inch chunk of crawler, but crickets work better.

Wow, I dont know that I've ever agreed with you before lol, but in this case I think you're 100% correct.

Its been done before, and things didnt go straight to chaos. Although it's probably not a political winner.

I bet that big slow pool is a good spot for catfish, but I'd think about cutting those bluegills up in chunks to catch normal sized cats. Actually now that I'm thinking about it, I'd just eat the bluegills.

If you shoot a guy for messing with your limb line, you are the definition of a violent person.

Filleting a smallmouth would be a weird way to get revenge on someone lol.

a few weeks ago i saw probably over a hundred unmarked at the big slow pool just above leadwood. Baited with hand size bluegills. Seemed like the bait was wayyyy too big to catch what would be swimming in that section. Im in the cut them camp too, but there were so many I would have been there all day.

Just shy of 18 inches. Probably pushing 7# id say.

In 1845, Texas, in its declaration of secession, cited the federal governments inaction when northern states were protecting the rights of fugitive slaves from being extradited back to Texas. So Texas, didn't give a rats posterior about states rights, they just wanted to own slaves and they really didn't care how. The States of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa, by solemn legislative enactments, have deliberately, directly or indirectly violated the 3rd clause of the 2nd section of the 4th article [the fugitive slave clause] of the federal constitution, and laws passed in pursuance thereof; thereby annulling a material provision of the compact, designed by its framers to perpetuate the amity between the members of the confederacy and to secure the rights of the slave-holding States in their domestic institutions-- a provision founded in justice and wisdom, and without the enforcement of which the compact fails to accomplish the object of its creation. Some of those States have imposed high fines and degrading penalties upon any of their citizens or officers who may carry out in good faith that provision of the compact, or the federal laws enacted in accordance therewith. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_texsec.asp So much for the states rights argument.

no you don't. 🤣

What could the confederate flag possibly represent other than slavery? It is a giant F U to the black community, no more no less. Just like confederate monuments erected after 1900. It represents southern whites reasserting their dominance over blacks.

I would define being triggered as cowering in ones basement oiling and hugging a LITERAL trigger.

oiling and hugging your AR or your penis? Do you masturbate to the thought of killing someone?

If a plain clothed group of LEO's is executing a no knock warrant, meaning a judge has authorized the cops to break into a citizens house without announcing themselves, is the homeowner justified in using deadly force on the invaders? This happens from time to time, and generally the terrified homeowner thinks someone is breaking into their house, so they defend themselves, only to be gunned down by a group of officers. It is definitely something to consider while you are clutching and oiling your AR-15's fantasizing about killing the bad guys.

I paint lures with 2K PU paint that needs to be baked. Generally these paints need to be baked at 180F, but most hard lures start to deform quite a bit over 150F.

This is a weird post. I guess you could tank test every one to check for action, but those are trash. If you didn't drop 700 dollars at tacklewarehouse you probably wouldn't feel the urge to sell your ruined lures. 🤣